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KLAMROTH. ANTIFOULING DEVICE FOR FLAGS AND THE LlKE.

APPLlCATlON FILED NOV. 29,19I 8 1,306,915.

Patented June 17, 1919.

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ANTIFOULING DEVICE FOR FLAGS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICAT'ION FILED NOV 29-11918.

Patented June 17, 1919.

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ANTIFOULING- DEVICE FOR FLAGS AND THE LIKE.

Application filed November 29, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OTTO KLAMROTI-I, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Liberty, in the county of Sullivan and State of New York,have invented new and useful Improvements in .Antifouling Devices forFlags and the like, of which the following is a specification.

The objects of this invention are to provide means for supporting ormounting a flag upon a fiagstaif or thelike, so that it may be movedlongitudinally of the same by means of halyards and will not becomefouled, that is to say, tangled or twisted around the pole or the like,or the halyards; to provide for this purpose sheaves or the like whichloosely surround the flag pole or similar support and are'carried bythehalyards; to enable said sheaves to be spaced as desired and secured tothe halyards; to provide for said sheaves circular straps which fitrotatably upon the sheaves and carry the flag or the like; to thusenable the flag to turn completely around the halyards and flagpole orother similar support; to provide rods for connecting the straps orrings and holding them and the sheaves in parallel relation at rightangles to the pole; to make said rods collapsible so that the sheavescan approach each other when the flag is taken in, and to obtain otheradvantages and re sults as may be brought out in the followingdescription.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, in whichlike numerals ofreference indicate the same parts throughout the several views, I

Figure 1 is a side view of a flagstaff carrying a flag mounted by myimproved antifouling device;

Fig. 2 is a face view of one of thesheaves with its rotary strap or ringthereon;

Fig. 3 shows a section of the flagstaff with a sheave and strap incross-section as on line 33, Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a flagstafi" equipped with my improveddevice but without any flag thereon, and

Fig. 5 is a side view of my device showing telescopically collapsiblerods for holding the sheaves and their straps in parallel relation andat right angles to the flagstaff or the like.

In the specific embodiment of the invention set forth in said drawings,1 indicates a Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 17, 1919.

Serial No. 264,698.

flag stalf, although it will be understood that my invention could beapplied to a stretched rope, cable or any other similar support. 2-indicates the halyards running over a pulley 3 at the end of thefiagstafl', as is common, and to illustrate my invention I have shownupon the staff parallel sheaves 4:, l, each with a strap or ring 5thereon. It will be understood thatthese sheaves are spaced properly forattachment to the gromets of a flag 6, which is shown as having twogromets near its upper and lower edges, although enough sheaves could beemployed and properly spaced for attachment to any number of gromets ina flag. The sheaves and their straps or rings are alike, and therefore adescription of one will suffice for both.

Each sheave 4: comprises a disk 7 having through itself an opening 8which loosely receives the flagstaff 1 as shown, and pref erably I makethis opening eccentric so as to provide more space at one side thereoffor attachment of the halyards, which I have shown done by means ofholes 9, 10, 11 and 12 in the disk. The halyard rope 2 runs up throughone of the end holes as 12, and then returning from above goes downthrough the middle hole of the other three, as 10, comes up againthrough the neXt adjacent intermediate hole 11, and then passesdownthrough the other end hole 9, so that the sheave is made fast tothat bight of the halyards or portion between the opposite ends of theflag pole and will travel with it as the halyards are pulled. This isthe means of attachment which I prefer, although doubtless other formscould be employed.

The peripheral edge of the disk 7 provides a track for the strap or ring5, which track I have shown formed by grooving the periphery of thedisk, as at 13, to receive balls 14, which also lie in a correspondinggroove 15 in the strap or ring. It will be understood that the strap orring is made in halves diametrically, which can be secured together byscrews 16, see Fig. 2 especially, so that it can be removed andreplaced, and preferably a snap ring 17 or the like is provided at oneof the points of connection of the two halves of the strap for.detachably entering a gromet of the flag. Any suita- 'ble means may beused for this purpose, and located at any point on the strap.

It will thus be seen that as the flag blows in the wind, the straps 5, 5rotate easily upon the sheaves t, 4, without disturbing either thehalyards or the flagstafl', and if necessary the flag can swingentirelyaround the pole. There is thus no way for the flag to become entangledwith the pole or halyards or twisted or wrapped therearound, but it willat all times float freely and display itself. The pulley 3 for thehalyards at the end of the pole is of course fixed with respect to thepole, and the halyards at their other ends are secured to the pole inany usual manner, as by means of a cleat (not shown), so that thehalyards are nonrotatable with respect to the pole or other support.

I have illustrated in Figs. 1-4: connecting rods 18 extending from onestrap or ring 5 to the other so as to hold the same in parallel relationand at right angles to the flagstafl, and I prefer to use theseconnecting rods in order to insure free sliding of the sheaves on theflagstafl or other support, without sticking or jammin These connectingrods also insure simultaneous turning of the straps or rings and thusprevent any twisting of the flag out of parallel relation to the staff.If it is desired to have the sheaves drawn together as the flag is takenin, the connecting rods may be telescopic, as shown in Fig. 5, where 19indicates a section of a little more than half the length to which thesheaves are spaced adapted to slide into a tubular section 20 ofsubstantially the .same length. Thus when the sheaves are separated tofly the flag, these sections draw nearly apart and yetengage-suilicientto hold them in alinement, whereas when the flag ispulled in the section 19 passes entirely into the section 20.

Various modifications may be made in the manufacture of my invention, bythose skilled in the art, to adapt it to different uses and purposes, asI realize that it can be employed for other things than flags, and I donot wish to be understood as restricting myself except as required bythe following claims when construed in the light of the prior art.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. In ananti-fouling device, the combination with halyards, of a sheave fixed to.said halyards, a strap rotatable on said sheave, and means forattachment to said strap of an object to be carried thereby.

2. In an anti-fouling device, the combination of a sheave apertured toreceive a staff, halyards comprising means preventing rotation withrespect to said staff and holding said sheave against rotation, a straprotatable on said sheave, and means for attachment to said strap of anobject to be carried thereby.

3. In an anti-fouling device, the combination of a sheave having anaperture for a support and other apertures for halyards to hold thesheave from rotating on the support, a strap rotatable on said sheave,and means for attachment to said strap of an object to be carriedthereby.

l. In an anti-fouling device, the 'combi nation of a sheave having aneccentric aperture to receive a support and a series of holes at oneside of said aperture to receive halyards and hold the sheave againstturning on the support, a strap rotatable on said sheave, and means forattachment to said strap of an object to be carried therebyc 5. Thecombination with a support and halyards comprising means preventingrotation with respect to the support, of a sheave slidable on thesupport and attached to the halyards, a strap rotatable on said sheave,and means for attachment to said strap of an object to' be carriedthereby.

6. In an anti-fouling device for flags, the combination of a staff,halyards, sheaves secured to said halyards in spaced relation to eachother, straps rotatable upon said sheaves around the halyards andstafi', and means on said straps for attaching a flag.

7. In an anti-fouling device, the combination of sheaves apertured toreceive a support, halyardsfastened to said sheaves and comprising meansfor preventing rotation with respect to the support, straps rotatableone on each of said sheaves, and means connecting said straps so as tocause them to turn substantially in unison.

8. In an anti-fouling device, the combination of sheaves apertured toreceive a support, halyards fastened to said sheaves and comprisingmeans for preventing rotation with respect to the support, strapsrotatable one on each of said sheaves, and connecting rods extendingfrom one strap to the other to cause them to turn in unison.

9-. In an anti-fouling device, the combination of sheaves apertured toreceive a support and means for holding said sheaves against rotation,straps rotatable one on each of said sheaves, and connecting rodsextending from one strap to the other to cause them to turn in unison,said connecting rods being in telescoplc sectlons.

OTTO KLAMROTH.

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